Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz’s Weekly Blog Now in Audio
Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz‘s Weekly Blog is now available in an Audio presentation, narrated by Rabbi Sholem Perl of Los Angeles.
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Weekly Story: Al Naharos Bavel Vs. Shir Hamaalos
Reb Hillel was averse to saying “al naharos Bavel” on weekdays before bentching and would seek a reason to say “Shir HaMaalos” instead. He had his students on constant lookout for a seudas mitzvah, such as a bris or siyum mesechta, when one is supposed to say “Shir HaMaalos.”
Here’s My Story: A Jew is a Catalyst
Mr. Ephraim Potash serves on the board of directors of the Lubavitch Yeshiva in London, where he resides with his family. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in Montreal in February of 2015.
Video: How to Keep Hashem’s Memory Alive
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Matos-Maasei. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How do you keep Hashem’s memory alive?
8:00pm: ‘Wasting Time’ in Yeshiva vs. Secular Education and a Job
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 125, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: ‘Wasting Time’ in Yeshiva vs. Secular Education and a Job? The 9 Days: Why Do We Grieve Till This Day? Are There Modern Day Miracles? I Still Can’t Master Bitachon!
Weekly Living Torah Video: The Rebbe’s Complaint Against the Schools
In this passionate Sicha, the Rebbe raises an important issue regarding the education of our children.
The Lubyanka Building, the NKVD (and later KGB) headquarters in Moscow.
Weekly Story: ‘I Am a Schneersonki’
The NKVD interrogator continued, “All religious Jews say a blessing, before they eat food, but you place your hand over your yarmulkah, when you recite the blessing. Only a Schneesonki does that!” he thundered.
Weekly Unique Photos of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique collection of photos of the Rebbe visiting Camp Gan Israel and Camp Emunah in the summer of 1957.
Video: How Great Is the Power of Remorse?
Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz, director of Chabad Lubavitch of Southwest Florida, delivers his insights on this week’s Parsha – Pinchas. This week Rabbi Minkowicz answers the question: How great is the power of remorse?
Here’s My Story: Father’s Orders
A longtime Chabad activist in Quebec, Canada, Rabbi Simcha Zirkind (1938-2015) was also involved in the work of the Machne Israel Development Fund. He was interviewed by JEM’s My Encounter with the Rebbe project in Montreal in January of 2011.
Photo: Lubavitch Archives.
From Days Gone By: ULY Dinner, 1963
Patrons of United Lubavitcher Yeshiva sit at a gala dinner to benefit the institution in New York in 1963. Can you identify anyone in the photo?
Video: I Recorded My Yechidus…
As a young man, Rabbi Fishel Jacobs came with his mother for a private audience with the Rebbe. In his innocence, he brought along a tape recorder and recorded the meeting that changed his life.
8:00pm: How Can I Overcome My Jealousy of Others?
This week’s edition of MyLife: Chassidus Applied with Rabbi Simon Jacobson, Episode 124, will air tonight, Sunday, here on CrownHeights.info, beginning at 8:00pm. This week Rabbi Jacobson will address the topics: How Can I Overcome My Jealousy of Others? Can My Soulmate be a Non-Jew? Is Shiva Asar B’Taamuz Only a Commemoration? Can People Honestly Change?
Rabbi Herschel Schacter leading a prayer service for survivors in the liberated Buchenwald camp in Germany in 1945.
Weekly Story: My Time Is Now
The Rebbe asked him, “Reb Herschel, would you have wanted to live in the times of Reb Yochanon ben Zakai?” Surprised at this hypothetical question, Reb Herschel replied, “Of course it would have been interesting to live in that time.” The Rebbe then asked, “And how about to live in the time of the Rambam?”
Laws and Customs: 17 Tammuz and the 3 Weeks
Rabbi Shmuel Lesches, Magid Shiur in the Yeshiva Gedola of Melbourne, Australia, has compiled a guide to the laws and customs of the fast of the 17th of Tammuz and the three weeks for the benefit of the wider Lubavitch community.
Weekly Unique Photo of the Rebbe
CrownHeights.info and Lubavitch Archives present a unique photo of the Rebbe in conversation during Kos Shel Brachah, circa early 1970s.
The Rebbe’s Villa in the Italian Countryside
Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky, personal secretary of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, OBM, recently attended the wedding of his grandson in Italy. While there, he reminisced about the first time he traveled to Italy at the behest of the Rebbe back in 1956.
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